OTTAWA, ON – They are the unsung heroes of the hospital system who are often patients’ first point of contact before stressful surgeries, tests and diagnosis appointments. On Wednesday, one of them, an administrative secretary at the Montfort, will be recognized for her contribution to patient care. Jennifer Carriere, who has since 2011 worked with…
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June 7 Resistance Actions Durham, June 7th, 3:30 pm at MPP Lorne Coe’s office, 101 114 Dundas St. E, Whitby, Facebook event Ottawa, June 7th Facebook event 7:00 am-8:30 am – Info Blitz at Major Bus stations leafleting 12:00 pm – Rally at Preston Square and BBQ, 333 Preston St. 5:00 pm – Rally at Ontario Court of…
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TORONTO – “The next year will be an important one for working people in Ontario. There is a lot at stake for us. But we are ready,” said CUPE Ontario president Fred Hahn in recognition of an ambitious action plan adopted by over 1000 delegates to CUPE Ontario’s 56th annual convention, “We will mobilize with…
DetailsOur organizations are deeply disappointed that the federal government has failed to take decisive action to guarantee that survivors of mercury poisoning at Grassy Narrows will get the medical care they need and deserve. Although the federal Indigenous Services department had announced that Minister Seamus O’Regan would sign a memorandum of understanding with Grassy Narrows…
DetailsTORONTO, ON – Over 120 registered practical nurses, personal support workers, therapists and therapy assistants, social workers, nutrition aides and clerical staff at Hillcrest Reactivation Centre have chosen to improve their working conditions and increase their job security by joining the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). Workers cited understaffing, an expansion to the scope…
DetailsTORONTO, ON – In the wake of the Ford Conservatives’ move to delay cuts to municipalities, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) will turn out in full force tomorrow (Thursday) for a march to Queen’s Park to increase the pressure that the government is currently feeling from everyday Ontarians. Over 1000 delegates…
DetailsThe following is a statement from Ontario’s labour movement: (TORONTO, ON) – Cuts to vital services like education and health care, including public health and emergency medical services, childcare, children’s aid, and legal aid services will hurt us all, including workers in the private and public sector, both union and non-union. These cuts have prompted…
DetailsTORONTO, ON – Under the cloud of unprecedented cuts and restructuring, and a sustained attack on communities and worker’s rights, from the Doug Ford Progressive Conservatives (PCs), more than 1000 CUPE Ontario members from across the province are at Toronto’s Sheraton Centre this week, to build the resistance plan against a series of misguided policies…
DetailsTORONTO, ON –The Ford government’s education cuts are threatening some of the most highly regarded programs for students from multicultural and Black communities and Toronto education workers are gearing up for the fight to save them. Members of Local 4400 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) will be out in force tomorrow (Saturday)…
DetailsTORONTO, ON – As the expected impacts of Toronto District School Board’s (TDSB’s) proposed 2019-20 operating budget become devastatingly clear, education workers are urging the school board’s trustees to take a stand against making cuts that will hurt the city’s children, families and communities. The cuts proposed by TDSB in the budget released last week…
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